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News of note: 8/11/09
Quote of the day:
The Appalachians have become something of a "national sacrifice area" to meet coal needs, said Tierra Curry, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity.
Coal:
- Regulation - Obama's gift to the mining industry. Coal regulator nominee decried as too industry-friendly. (Institute for Southern Studies)
- Appalachia - Enviro groups tread lightly with Endangered Species Act (NYT)
Hardrock:
- Africa - Tanzania - Tanzania to Table Mining Laws in October, Take Stakes in Mines (Bloomberg)
- Africa - Tanzania - Reforms will cut the ground from under mining sector (The East African)
- Asia - China - Rio Tinto - China seems to retract claim against Rio Tinto (NYT)
- N. America - U.S. - Colorado - Ore from last uranium boom still scattered on Colorado land (Durango Herald)
- N. America - U.S. - Idaho - ASARCO/Triumph mine - Feds to pay Idaho $1M to settle mining lawsuit
- S. America - Columbia and Ecuador: Two Different Countries, Two Mining Futures (Council on Hemispheric Affairs)
Tar sands:
- Alberta Clipper - The tar sands pipeline and Obama s carbon commitments (Financial Times)
- Boreal Forest - Northern forest vulnerable to oilsands emissions (CBC)
- Tailings Ponds - Episode #6: Alberta Tar Sands & Tailing Ponds (CBC Radio One - The Current)
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